Abstract
Our knowledge of Minoan religion is only based on the ruins and remains of the Minoan culture, such as remains of shrines, cult furniture, votive offerings and pictures of cult scenes. Indeed, we have no scriptures, no prayer books, no books of rituals; all we have are objects and fragments, all of which only hint a rich and complex religious life and symbolic system. The most apparent characteristic of Minoan religion was that it was a goddess religion (devotion to the supreme deity in her original feminine form), but yet, there is still a debate about whether Minoans were monotheistic or polytheistic. As a result, we are led to wonder what were the beliefs and rituals of the Minoan religion and culture.
